Mozart No. 25, 40, 29
| Performance 8 | Sound 10 |
Do
you know what scares me away from buying more classical music? It's the
fact that I am looking for two tough to find elements in my music.
First I am looking for a compelling, if not familiar, melody. A recent
class at The University of Southern California has really helped with
putting the familiar melodies with the names of the composers however
my second criteria of an excellent recording complicates potential
classical purchases for me to this day.

Luck of the Draw, DCC re-master
Performance 8 Sound 9
Luck
of the Draw is an audiophile standard. Bonnie Raitt performs some of
her most famous songs like "Something to Talk About", "I Can't Make You
Love Me" and "Tangled and Dark".

Sony-Work Records
Performance Quality = 7.5 Sound Quality = 7
Fiona
Apple is the latest in a series of sexy female vocalist to capture the
media's spotlight. Fiona's music is sultry and song driven. Her voice,
unlike the other popular divas on the record shelves, is completely her
own. Fiona's production--which is very well done--has her arrangements
sounding anywhere from Lyle Lovitt to Tori Amos.

Reasonable Doubt,
Priority Records
| Performance 7.5 | Sound 6 |
Re-issuing
this album when they did is probably the smartest thing Priority
Records has done in a while. Jay-Z, their former artist who has since
"switched factories" to the Def Jam stables, couldn't be much hotter
than he is right now. His most recent album Hard Knock Life . . . Vol. 2
is walking off shelves across the country and he has just embarked upon
a nationwide tour with Method Man, Redman, and DMX. Who says you can’t
make money off an artist after they’ve left your label?